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Historical harpsichord technique : developing la douceur du toucher / by Kosovske, Yonit Lea

Subjects: “…Harpsichord Performance History.…”
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The harpsichord stringing handbook / by Donahue, Thomas, 1953-

Subjects: “…Harpsichord strings.…”
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Partita No. 6 in E minor, BWV 830 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Subjects: “…Suites (Harpsichord)…”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Toccata BWV 916 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Toccata BWV 916 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Toccata BWV 916 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / So oft ich meine Tobackspfeife, BWV 515a from Notebook II for Anna Magdalena Bach by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Subjects: “…Songs (Medium voice) with harpsichord.…”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. Menuett, g-moll / Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. II 116, from Notebook II for Anna Magdalena Bach

Subjects: “…Suites (Harpsichord) Excerpts.…”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. Menuett, G-Dur / Minuet in G major, BWV Anh. II 114, from Notebook II for Anna Magdalena Bach by Pezold, Christian, 1677-1733

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Koopman plays Bach. / Aria di Giovanni by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Subjects: “…Songs (Medium voice) with harpsichord.…”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Dir, dir, Jehovah, will ich singen, BWV 452 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750, Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Subjects: “…Sacred songs (Medium voice) with harpsichord.…”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. Ihr Gestirn, ihr hohen Lüfte, BWV 476 / Schemelli songbook (BWV 445 & 476) by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

Subjects: “…Sacred songs (Medium voice) with harpsichord.…”
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András Schiff : Bach Partita no 2 in C minor, BWV 826. / András Schiff at the International Musicians' Seminar, Prussia Cove :

Subjects: “…Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Partitas, harpsichord, BWV 826, C minor.…”
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Musical treasures of the 17th century

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Instruments and the imagination by Hankins, Thomas L., Silverman, Robert J.

Table of Contents: “…CHAPTER FOUR. The Ocular Harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, The Instrument That Wasn't --…”
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Guide to the solo horn repertoire by Dempf, Linda, Seraphinoff, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Music for unaccompanied horn -- Music for horn and keyboard : piano, organ, harpsichord -- Music for horn and ensemble : orchestra, string orchestra, band, wind ensemble, or other instrumental group.…”
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The orchestral revolution : Haydn and the technologies of timbre. by Dolan, Emily I.

Table of Contents: “…Figures; Musical examples; Acknowledgements; Introduction: instruments and aesthetics; See the orchestra; Orchestration: the very idea; Haydn' s orchestra; Instruments and mediation; Overview of the book; The rebirth of aesthetics; 1 Lessons at the ocular harpsichord; Scarlet trumpets; Castel and the ocular harpsichord; Color versus tone; Instruments and organologies; Metaphorical ocular harpsichords; The color metaphor, re-imagined; 2 The idea of timbre; An elusive object; Eighteenth-century timbre; Treatises on instrumentation; The beginning of Enlightenment aesthetics.…”
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Charisma X : Iannis Xenakis / Charisma ex by Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001, Xenakis, Iannis, 1922-2001

Table of Contents: “…Musical excerpts performed by: Sylvio Gualda, percussion (Psappha) ; Elisabeth Chojnacka, harpsichord (Naama) ; Benny Sluchin, trombone (Keren) ; Frances-Marie Uitti, cello & Lori Freedman, clarinet (Charisma) ; Christophe Roy, cello (Nomos Alpha) ; Spiros Sakkas, voice (Oresteïa).…”
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The gaze of the listener : English representations of domestic music-making by Hohl Trillini, Regula

Table of Contents: “…"Musick in the House, Musick in the Heart, and Musick also in Heaven": The Harpsichord; III. "Accomplishments, Accomplishments, Accomplishments": The Piano-Forte; IV. …”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Ich freue mich in dir, BWV 465 from Schemelli songbook by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Early keyboard instruments : a practical guide by Rowland, David (David E.), 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Aspects of notation -- The instruments. Harpsichords. Virginals and spinets. Clavichords. Pianos. …”
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Ton Koopman plays Bach. / Amore traditore, BWV 203 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Music in camera. / Sonata no. 5 by Zelenka, Johann Dismas, 1679-1745

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Making Messiah Movie.

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Sonatas for violin and piano by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Horowitz in Moscow

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Good vibrations : the physics of music by Parker, Barry R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Making music : how sound is made -- The sound of music : perception -- Good vibes : waves in motion -- Making music beautiful : complex musical tones -- The well-tempered scale -- Down melody lane with chords and chord sequences -- You've gotta have rhythm : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- Making music with the violin and guitar : the stringed instruments -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a midi recording -- Acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.…”
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Good vibrations : the physics of music by Parker, Barry R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Making music : how sound is made -- The sound of music : perception -- Good vibes : waves in motion -- Making music beautiful : complex musical tones -- The well-tempered scale -- Down melody lane with chords and chord sequences -- You've gotta have rhythm : rhythm and types of music -- Why a piano is not a harpsichord -- The stringed instruments: making music with the violin and guitar -- The brass instruments : trumpet and trombone -- The woodwinds : clarinet and saxophone -- The most versatile instrument : the singing voice -- Electronic music -- Making a midi recording -- Acoustics of concert halls and studios -- Epilogue.…”
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Bach for brass by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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The art of tonal analysis : twelve lessons in Schenkerian theory by Schachter, Carl

Table of Contents: “…Bach, C-minor menuet and Chopin, Revolutionary etude -- Chopin, two preludes from Opus 28 -- Schubert, Sonata in Bb major, Scherzo -- Handel, Suite no. 8 for harpsichord, Courante -- J.S. Bach, Gavotte en rondeaux from Violin partita no. 3 -- Mozart, Sonata for violin and piano, K. 481, Adagio -- Beethoven, String quartet, Op. 18, no. 6, first movement -- Beethoven, String quartet, op. 18, No. 6, fourth movement (La malinconia) -- Rhythm, hypermeter, and phrase -- Haydn, Symphony no. 99, Adagio -- Beethoven, Piano sonata, Op. 53 (Waldstein) -- J.s. …”
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Chromatic fantasia and fugue in D minor, BWV 903

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The concerto : a listener's guide by Steinberg, Michael, 1928-2009

Table of Contents: “…The Branderburg concertos ; Harpsichord (or Violin) concerto in D minor; Two-violin concerto -- Barber. …”
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Bach's Well-tempered clavier : the 48 preludes and fugues / 48 preludes and fugues by Ledbetter, David

Table of Contents: “…The 1722 title page ; Genesis and sources -- Part one : Concepts -- Clavier. Clavier ; Harpsichord ; Clavichord ; Spinet ; Organ ; Lautenwerk ; Pianoforte -- Well-tempered. …”
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Bach's Well-tempered clavier : the 48 preludes and fugues / 48 preludes and fugues by Ledbetter, David

Table of Contents: “…The 1722 title page ; Genesis and sources -- Part one : Concepts -- Clavier. Clavier ; Harpsichord ; Clavichord ; Spinet ; Organ ; Lautenwerk ; Pianoforte -- Well-tempered. …”
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Brandenburg concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Phantom Limbs : On Musical Bodies. by Szendy, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 14 Organologics (2): AutophonyChapter 15 Genesis (1): Ocular Harpsichord, Organ of Flavors; Chapter 16 Telepathy; Chapter 17 Scruples (Clones and Stand-ins); Chapter 18 Conducting (Seen from the Back); Chapter 19 Genesis (2): Fantasia, or "Plasmaticity"; Chapter 20 Touching from Afar; Chapter 21 Organologics (3): Areality; Chapter 22 Bodies Electric; Chapter 23 Mass Formations; P.S.; Notes.…”
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Cantata no. 51 by Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750

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Bright seraphim by Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Eternal source by Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759

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Marga Richter by Mirchandani, Sharon

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